strip off
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Translations
يُعَرّي، يَتَعَرّى
sundat
fjerne
taka af
w>strip off
vt sep clothes → ausziehen; berries, leaves → abmachen (prep obj von); (wind) → herunterwehen (prep obj von); paper → abziehen (prep obj von); buttons, ornaments → entfernen, abmachen (prep obj von); fruit skin, bark → abschälen, ablösen (prep obj von); to strip off the leaves → die Blätter vom Zweig entfernen
vi
(= take one’s clothes off) → sich ausziehen; (at doctor’s) → sich frei machen; (in striptease) → strippen (inf)
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strip
(strip) – past tense, past participle stripped – verb1. to remove the covering from something. He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.
2. to undress. She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.
3. to remove the contents of (a house etc). The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.
4. to deprive (a person) of something. The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.
noun1. a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc). a strip of paper.
2. a strip cartoon.
3. a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc. The team has a red and white strip.
strip cartoon a row of drawings, eg in a newspaper or comic paper, telling a story.
ˈstrip-lighting noun lighting by long tubes rather than bulbs.
ˌstrip-ˈtease noun the act, by a woman, of removing her clothes one by one as a theatrical entertainment.
adjectivea strip-tease show.
strip off to remove clothes or a covering from a thing or person. He stripped (his clothes) off and had a shower; The doctor stripped his bandage off.
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